The biggest and longest-running creativity and design festival in the southern hemisphere, Semi Permanent, returns to Carriageworks for its 20th anniversary event. With a program of keynote talks, panel discussion, workshops, exhibitions and retail pop-ups, Semi Permanent is a place to inspire and be inspired, and where the most important person in the room is the one sitting next to you.
At Carriageworks from Wed 25 – Fri 27 May.
Tickets on sale through Semi Permanent
Mona Chalabi
Visual data journalist, London
Ta-ku
Musician, Perth, and artist, Melbourne
Sabine Marcelis
Furniture & object designer, Rotterdam
Jonathan Saunders
Furniture & textile designer, New York City
Yah-Leng Yu & Arthur Chin
Co-founders, Foreign Policy Design Group, Singapore
Richard Christiansen
Founder, Flamingo Estate & Chandelier Creative, Los Angles & New York City
Paul Cournet
Architect, OMA*AMO, Rotterdam
Gracie Otto, Krew Boylan & Jessica Carrera
Co-founders, Dollhouse Pictures, Australia/international
The Betoota Advocate
Satirical news publication, Australia
Bunyamin & Lamia Aydin
Creative directors, Les Benjamins, Istanbul & Dubai
Clemens Habicht
Filmmaker, illustrator & graphic designer, Paris
James J. Robinson
Photographer & filmmaker, Melbourne & Los Angeles
Hannah Tribe
Founder, Tribe Architects, Sydney
Kris Andrew Small
Graphic artist, Sydney
Balarinji
Aboriginal-owned design and strategy agency, Sydney
Damon Gameau
Documentary filmmaker, 2024, and co-founder, Regenerators, northern NSW
Serwah Attafuah
Multidisciplinary artist & musician, Sydney
Nick Thomm
Artist, Los Angeles
Mridula Amin
Photojournalist & reporter, Sydney
Jazlyn Fung & Tony Wong
Typographic designers, Melbourne
Sam Elsom
Founder, Sea Forest, Tasmania
As part of the 20th annual Semi Permanent Festival of Creativity & Design, we are pleased to present PERMANENT Art Book Fair. Taking place at arts venue Carriageworks, PERMANENT Art Book Fair is an opportunity to engage with and purchase publications from 30 of Australia’s most dynamic and innovative publishers, artists and designers. Although the talks program of the Semi Permanent festival is ticketed, PERMANENT Art Book Fair is free to attend open to the public across the three days of the festival, providing a unique platform in Sydney for the display and retail of books, magazines, journals, posters, art, merchandise and other artefacts.
Read our COVID-Safe Plan before your next visit.
Presented by Semi Permanent at Carriageworks.
